Consultant Physician in Care of the Older Adult: Sponsorship Available

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Job summary

The Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for two Consultants within the Care of the Older Adult department at The Princess Royal Hospital. These are new posts aimed at expanding the department and developing front door (acute frailty) and short stay ward capabilities across the Trust. The post holder will work across both sites, beginning at PRH to support with the opening of Frailty SDEC.

Contribution to an out of hours call rota is core to this role.

Please note that the Job Pack is subject to Royal College approval.

Main duties of the job

  • Deliver high quality care for frail older patients under our care on our base or outlying wards and respond to referrals from other specialities.
  • Work within the multidisciplinary teams on the acute floor and base wards to ensure care is delivered to patients in the most apt environment.
  • Focus on care closer to home and utilise our community partners and services ( virtual ward and community hospitals) to reduce hospital General Medicine / On-Call Duties.
  • To maintain enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
  • To have good team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-disciplinary professional team.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills within in the multidisciplinary team and with patients and their relatives.
  • To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
  • Engagement in outpatient clinic work ( including the development of hot clinics).
  • Appetite to develop new services ( surgical liaison, continence ) and take on apt leadership roles.
  • Open to cross site working.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MBBS, MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
  • MRCP accreditation or equivalent experience

Desirable

  • Masters Degree in a relevant area to Elderly Care Medicine
  • PhD or evidence of higher education qualification

Entry Criteria

Essential

  • Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC)
  • Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) OR Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)
  • High standard of clinical skill and expertise in the specialty
  • Comprehensive clinical experience in general medicine and Geriatric Medicine
  • Good working knowledge of the theory and practice of Geriatric Medicine
  • Special interest and expertise in subspecialty of Geriatrics

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 29 October 2026

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